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13.4.2025: More and more banks have established the practice of making fee-free account management dependent on a minimum monthly deposit. At our three top banks in Germany, which we monitor on an ongoing basis, the minimum amount of 700 euros has been maintained for years. ING hast increase this to 1,000 euros on 1.12.2024. A good opportunity to … read more
26.10.2021: I rented new cars on my travels in Northern America multiple times. But for my business and personal use at home I have always bought used cars so far. Purchasing a used car in good condition is economical and makes sense unless one’s car is also a hobby or bought as status symbol. The average price of … read more
21.6.2021: Officially, the bank has not admitted anything yet. However, through different chanels up to subpages of dkb.de, there were bit by bit announcements published in the past weeks that make us suspect major changes. One can assume that the reactions at the market are closely observed in the Berlin headquarters and there will possibly be further adjustments … read more
20.5.2021: Today, we juxtapose two banks from the second row in a comparison. With second row, we refer to the fact that we do not present these two banks as frequently as e.g. the DKB, Comdirect and ING. As a consequence, it is notable that our community uses the N26 and Norisbank rather for a secondary account than … read more
17.5.2021: Many people that read this article do not yet have an account at BullionVault and this is why I start out with a screenshot for your motivation: Fair: BullionVault calculates the profit after all costs. In the past, purchase and storage fees have been the critique points of bank account savers compared to asset investments, such as … read more
29.4.2021: An additional account abroad grows in popularity – especially if it has no monthly account management fee and offers a German user interface, as well as a German customer service. In the European area, the two providers Wise and Revolut have reavealed to be the leaders. Many people of our community have accounts and cards already at … read more
25.4.2021: It has been claimed for years that one should not have more current accounts than absolutely necessary. In order to improve the Schufa-Score, one should even cancel credit cards. Even our portal was not free from it, as shown by this guest article of a financial journalist. First-class Schufa-ranking despite various accounts and cards! In the past … read more
14.4.2021: Whether the name shortening really has been chosen “wisely”, I do not want to assess. I liked the catchy name TransferWise (TW) very much. The second half of the word has often been written wrongly. How this will develop in the future, given the missing of the prominent “Transfer”, remains uncertain. It actually is a pity, because … read more
5.4.2021: Being an existing customer, you automatically get another card free of charge to your free current account at the Comdirect: Not a customer yet? You can change that – without minimum incoming money flow 1 – here: Order the current account with Visa Card at the Comdirect (free of charge) » Advantages of the Comdirect Visa Card … read more
29.3.2021: After our lastest securities account comparison of German providers, we had a request from our community for providers abroad with good conditions and we know the following from experience: German-speaking customer service. One of the biggest providers internationally is Interactive Brokers with their headquarters in New York, USA. You can only become a customer there, if you … read more
